My Strava doesn’t lie. It shows me walking 300 metres across the water from Helsinki’s shoreline, just near Kaivopuisto in southern Helsinki, to the island of Harakka. I walked over water that is six or seven metres deep! In winter, Helsinki can spend weeks below zero Celsius, which means vast areas of the sea freeze into thick ice. The water I walked over was covered by about 1.5 metres of solid sea ice. Ice that is strong enough for people to walk, ski, and even cycle across. A whole harbour below me! Surreal and exciting.…

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